Thursday, April 29, 2010

You may legitimately wonder about us, male fashion bloggers who promote male fashion freedom in every sense (from skirts to high heels).

How do we dress in real life?, you may ask. Do we act as we preach? Do we actually go out wearing, say, a frilly dress and wedge sandals?

That is a perfectly logical question to ask and, of course, I don't have an answer.

I can only respond for my own style, which has not surprisingly been labelled as pretty extravagant by conventional standards.

But I do have some pics of my colleagues and other fashion people.

I've come across them while surfing around the net. These are only a few of a rather large amount of pictures I encounter every day. Maybe things are changing after all.

Bryanboy

By now a classic fashion blogger in spite of his youth, Bryanboy came across a pair of Peter Jensen printed low-crotch trousers and a wonderful Mawi London necklace to go with them:

Yolos

Yolos from France is the moderator of the Facebook group "For the desexualization of clothing" (Por la desexualization des vestements) Even if we don't understand French, let's join in! Just for the fun of it!

William

An original designer and couturier himself, William's style is as unique as his creations. Here he is out for a party, his hair just trimmed and dyed, and a huge necklace hanging over his chest (his own design, one presumes)

Friday, April 23, 2010

German singer, songwriter, actor and model Bill Kaulitz, leader of the band Tokio Hotel, has recently displayed some pretty extravagant but dazzlingly beautiful feathered outfits for DSquared2 during the last edition of the Milan Fashion Week.

The getup included a pair of 4 and a half inches heels, which the singing model handled with total expertise.

His lithe figure and poised, perfectly "manly" movements proved how stunning a boy can look in heels. (The German TV hostess claims that some of his steps are a bit unstable, but I see no evidence of that assertion, even when presented in low-motion)

The vid is worth seeing even if you don't understand any German: just endure the interview and wait for the catwalk shots.

Footloose and Fashion-Free!

We are living exiting times in many senses: technologies allow us to stay in touch with people from around the word and humanity even starts reaching for distant planets.

When it comes to gender, we have gone a long way into accepting our ample, rich sexual diversity that goes way beyond traditional gender binary: after many centuries of stereotypes, people finally may start admitting being bi-gender, genderless, genderfluid.

Even “biologically” gendered people, i.e. those falling into the conventional ”male” and “female” categories, are acting, even unconsciously, in ways far removed from traditional patterns: ladies are becoming more assertive, while gentlemen are allowed to show their emotions and display their “feminine” side.

All this slow but steady modifications in our conduct, which I consider to be extremely healthy and honest, cannot help but being expressed in the way we dress.

Ladies wear pants and “power suits”, while the creativity, the flair, the colors, the design, which used to be reserved for the girls only, are finally reaching the menswear department. We males don’t have to settle for the same old boring, gray, stuff.

Skirts, heels, jewelry and flower-patterns in bright colors for men are not uncommon any more.

My blog, promotes designers and creators of non-conforming fashions. They may be addressed for men (both anatomical and psychological), or whoever has a gender-identity tangentially or directly related to maleness.

It’s not a blog about cross-dressing at all, but gender ambiguity is also welcome.

I hope to encourage fellow-males, no matter what their sexual orientation may be, to wear skirts, high heels, jewelry, and other garments traditionally considered too “feminine” or “inappropriate” for the gents.

I do!

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I do not own the copyright for any of the pictures I publish. My only intention is to promote the creative work of designers, photographers, stylists, and all the artistic talents involved in the production of alternative, inventive, unusually creative fashions for men.

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I make my best effort to always include all the due credits and, whenever possible, to link them to the source where the images were originally published.

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